Bernanke: Economist or politician? The chairman goes near purple with rage as a Senator suggests...

Bernanke: Economist or politician? The chairman goes near purple with rage as a Senator suggests he's a dove. I've got the best inflation record of any post-war Fed chairman says Bernanke, pointing to a 2% average. So that's how we're ranking things? By that spurious reasoning, Paul Volcker has the worst inflation record of any Fed chief ever.